God Knows Best.
- katlynsaley
- Jul 25, 2014
- 3 min read
If you have not seen the Ebola epidemic on the news then I encourage you to do some research as well as read this article from The Washington Post.
Click on this link below to read the article.
Many Peace Corps volunteers in Western Africa have been sent home do to the recent Ebola epidemic along with two volunteers who have been put in isolation. This virus is deadly and is highly contagious, so being removed from country is the best way for these Americans to stay uninfected. Please add the people infected by this virus to your prayers, along with their family and friends.
So as I have been disappointed about the delay in my Peace Corps service, maybe all along God was just protecting me. Over the last few weeks I have realized that I may have overreacted when it came to the news about my departure date. After all it doesn’t really matter when I leave, as long as I’m following the plan God has created for me. I have also realized that it seems as though I have complained about something so insignificant, when compared to something like Ebola, or any of the other deadly viruses there are in the world.
I was laying out in the hammock in my parent’s yard the other day and it occurred to me how blessed I am to be living where I am, to have what I have, to have the love and support from my family that I do, and above all to know what the love of Jesus feels like. Along with thinking about all these blessings in my life I also realized all of the things I will now be able to be a part of because I’ll still be in the U.S. for the next few months. All of the things that deep down I wished I could be a part of, but couldn't because I was leaving. So as I was thinking about all of this I decided to make a list. A list I wanted to share....
Shangri~La Music Festival (Look it up if you haven’t heard of it…and then buy your ticket haha!)
My favorite season….FALLLLL!
Visiting my friend Leah in her new apartment in Janesville.
My friend Megan’s 21st
Sleeping in my comfy bed for 4 more months…hehe.
Mine and my cousin Zak’s 23rd birthday
Oktoberfest in La Crosse
Nahko and Medicine for the People concert in Madison
Another Halloween (My favorite day of the year!)
My friend Sarah’s 21st Birthday
Turkey Day. Yummmmmm.
Snow (I debated putting this one on the list…)
Jesus’s Birthday aka The Hallmark holiday known as Christmas
…And I’m sure there are many more that I may have left out.
As you can see I am trying to pull the positive out of something that I originally thought of as negative news. The thing it maybe it wasn’t really negative news all along. Maybe instead of being frustrated about this news I could have thought of the positve. Life is all about perspective. You can choose to look at a situation positively or negatively. And the awesome thing is that you have the ability to choose that perspective, so why wouldn’t you choose positive? This is something everyone needs to continue to work on in life. Remember that there are people in this world that would love to have your bad days. For example, anyone who has been affected with the Ebola virus in Western Africa. So choose to have good days. Choose to MAKE good days. Smile, because life is too short to give yourself the wrinkles you get when you’re frowning! Remember God is good.
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